HQ Officers, their fiuties. 



CHAP. II. arrangement of the books, and in the com- 

 pilation of the catalogues. 

 Itoora^ ^ s P ro P er management of the 



Reading Room is essentially important to 

 the utility and credit of the Museum, it is 

 particularly enjoined that one of the Under 

 pr Assistant Librarians do always attend in 

 the said Room.* And the Trustees, being 

 particularly anxious that this duty be punc- 

 • tually executed, do strictly order that the 

 officer, whose turn it shall be to attend in 

 the said Room, do, on no account whatever, 

 leave it, without another officer having agreed s 

 and being actually come to supply his place, 

 Ajid in order the better to enforce this im- 

 portant duty, the Messenger, or his Assist- 

 ant, shall keep a book, in which he shall 

 enter daily the name of the officer who has 

 the whole, or any part of the day, attended 

 the said Reading Room ; which book shall be 

 laid before every meeting of the Standing 

 Committee. 



17. The Principal Librarian shall keep a 

 book, in which shall be entered the names 

 of all those who have duly obtained ad- 

 * Vide Chap. III. §9, 



